KilroyJC
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- 1962 Case 430, 1995 Craftsman Yard Tractor/mower, 1949 South Bend 9A Lathe, WoodMizer Lx55 sawmill, Kubota KX033-4 Mini-Excavator
There are bobcats in our area, but very few and far between.Save that for a Bobcat stretcher board.
Today was a good day to do anything here... even for work, which is what I had to do.Today was a good day for making stickers!
I make stickers from 4 foot logs. I manually turn them as that short a log, the log turning claw would just push one end up. I like sawing them this way as I can just cut 1bys and slide them back 4 feet to stack, then I turn the log.Today was a good day for making stickers!
I am still waiting for my bed extension (on back order… since August. . .) so 13’ is the absolute max i can mill yet. I am still fine-tuning and learning, so stickers are good practice right now.I make stickers from 4 foot logs. I manually turn them as that short a log, the log turning claw would just push one end up. I like sawing them this way as I can just cut 1bys and slide them back 4 feet to stack, then I turn the log.
I find it way easier than trying to cut 12-16 foot stickers down with a chainsaw.
I guess it helps to have 20 foot logs in the pile, bucking down to two 8 footers and one 4 footer for the stickers.
hugs, Brandi
at this moment, the only short logs I have are walnut, and that is no good for stickers (staining). Stickers are good practice for me at the moment, and I am using top growth logs for this."Generally" I also make my stickers out of "shorts", there's always some short "top logs" in a tree, and that's what I aim for.
BUT, if I have a longer "low grade" log, at times I'll use one of those for stickers too.
SR